Fiddling with Fotos In this course we will explore ways to improve or enhance photos using a number of different computer programs. The Syllabus will include: Straightening, cropping and rotating photos Shadows and back lighting Red eye removal Restoring old photos Adding special effects to photos Editing and adding to photos Digitising old photos and slides Displaying and sharing photos Prerequisites: Students should have attained a degree of competence in using the computer.           Introduction to Digital Photography Are you looking to buy a digital camera but not sure about what to buy? Have you just bought one and found it all a little confusing? Have you bought one and are not confident about using it? Have you used more than the 'Automatic' setting? Do you know how to download and find your photos? Can you crop and improve your photos? Can you print your favourite photos? If you answer 'No' to any of these questions, then this course is for you. It is planned as a course for real beginners who want to get the best out of a digital camera. Photo improvement is limited to very basic changes. The classes are designed as sharing and learning experiences for real novices, with or without cameras and we hope it will set students on their way to really enjoyable photography.   Course 2: Digital Photography The Digital Photography Course will cater for members who have a digital camera, or members who create still photographs. In the classes each week, they will participate in the post processing procedures in their cameras, and in the graphic program in the computers. Participants must be prepared to take photographs in the classes each week so they can use the post processing procedures in their cameras and the graphic program in the computers to enhance the finished prints. In class the students will download photographs to the computers. The class will explore most facets of photography, and open new horizons for the use of digital cameras. A General Overview of the Course: Taking group photographs with your camera and downloading them to the club's equipment Trimming and enhancing your photos in your camera or in a graphics program Exploring all facets of your camera Macro Photography from a tripod Panoramic photography and stitching with a graphics program Portrait photography with studio lighting or flash Re-photographing, restoring and enhancing old family photos Copying photographs with your camera Displaying your photos in a slide show in the camera, on the TV, using a video tape, CD's or DVD's Adding sound to a slide show Saving photos onto a CD or DVD Preparing photos in photo album format with titling Comparing printing your photos on your printer or on a professional DIY photo lab in a facility provided by processing and camera outlets. We will explore as many of the above topics as the 9-week course will permit Prerequisites: Each student must be prepared to bring and use a digital camera as described above and also bring the camera's instruction book. Experience with a graphics program would be an advantage.